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Marrah_G

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9. Of course I understand that

Reply to 1-Old-Man (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 11:57 AM

Aug 2013

That doesn't change what I wrote. These are the reasons why so many cannot/willnot join in a strike, even for a day. It's a huge problem that will have to get alot worse before people are desperate enough to fight back.

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Why haven't american workers woken up? [View all] MillennialDem Aug 2013 OP

I think it may have to do with the fact that... bunnies Aug 2013 #1

And when you keep them uninformed, it's easier to keep them poor tularetom Aug 2013 #4

exactly. bunnies Aug 2013 #10

Money. Atman Aug 2013 #2

I think you nailed it RockaFowler Aug 2013 #6

Fear Awknid Aug 2013 #3

They have been so propagandized their lives, and the media is worthless, and RKP5637 Aug 2013 #5

Because so many people live on the edge. Marrah_G Aug 2013 #7

Don't you understand? They got on the edge because they abandoned the Unions. 1-Old-Man Aug 2013 #8

Of course I understand that Marrah_G Aug 2013 #9

Really a four-fold conundrum . . . HughBeaumont Aug 2013 #11

Great post. (nt) enough Aug 2013 #15

+1 area51 Aug 2013 #18

I'm a union guy and a third of my coworkers are teabaggers. MrSlayer Aug 2013 #12

Exactly, that is where a lot of it stems from, people wrapped in ignorance. Americans RKP5637 Aug 2013 #13

Lack of solidarity, and a culture that makes solidarity something laughable. Brickbat Aug 2013 #14

Guns, religion, and some selfishness Populist_Prole Aug 2013 #16

Many decades of anti-labor propaganda have been successful Orrex Aug 2013 #17

Relentless propaganda... ljm2002 Aug 2013 #19